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- MESH allows you to create a set of splines that
- approximates a surface. It allows you to generate a spline
- mesh that approximates a two-curve, three-curve, or
- four-curve swept surface, a tabulated cylinder, a surface
- of revolution, or a sphere.
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- Create the mesh by choosing from the following options:
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- 2 CURVE - to create a spline mesh that is defined by a
- selected generator curve and director curve. The mesh
- approximates a swept surface that is formed by moving or
- sweeping the generator curve along the director curve.
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- 3 CURVE - to create a spline mesh that is defined by
- either two generator curves and a director curve, or by
- one generator curve and two director curves. The mesh
- approximates the blending of the two, two-curve surfaces.
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- 4 CURVE - to create a spline mesh that is defined by two
- generator curves and two director curves. The mesh
- approximates the blending of the four, two-curve surfaces.
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- TAB CYL - to create a spline mesh that approximates the
- surface that is defined by sweeping a generator curve
- along an axis vector (the director) of a specified length.
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- REVOLUT - to create a spline mesh that approximates the
- surface is formed by rotating a generator curve about an
- axis by a specified angular distance.
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- SPHERE - to create a spline mesh that approximates a
- sphere. You can create a sphere in any of the following
- ways:
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- - by specifying the center and radius of the sphere, as
- well as the number of latitude and longitude splines.
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- - by specifying the center and diameter of the sphere, as
- well as the number of latitude and longitude splines.
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